I've been lurking around here for a couple of weeks now, trying to read everything and get my bearings.
I'm a 38 year old mom of three boys (13, 11, 7), the 11 yr old on the autism spectrum. I run a home daycare and my husband and I and two of our boys are very involved in our community theatre.
I currently awaiting drs to figure out what the heck is wrong with me. My eye dr was the first to mention MS when he diagnosed me with optic neuritis a couple weeks ago. At that point my GP had already scheduled me for a brain MRI. That was this past Friday. I go in for my follow up appointment this Friday, in two more days.
I've been dealing with the bulk of my symptoms since beginning of December. Some have gotten better, such as the right side facial paralysis I was told was Bell's Palsy when I went to the ER, and the ON has gotten significantly better as well. I actually had that from the day before the facial paralysis, but the ER dr said it was from the bell's, so I didn't see my ophthamologist until my GP insisted. Also, I had lost most of my taste, but that is slowly returning. I have a handful of foods that actually taste like they are supposed to.
Things that have gotten worse are my balance, stabbing pain in the side of my face which my GP thinks is trigeminal neuralgia, my memory and finding words when I speak, muscle twitches and cramps in my legs, spots in my right foot that used to be just numb (since August) now burn. I also have had trouble eating because when I swallow, it feels like the food gets stuck in my chest, I guess on the way down in the esophagus? I've had that happen off and on for a few years now, especially when eating meat or taking medication, but it is now a several times a day occurrence.
I have to admit, my biggest worry right now is my job. Whether this is all caused by MS or something else, if this dizziness and my balance do not improve soon, I just don't know how much longer I will be able to continue with running my home daycare. I haven't told any of the parents yet about my issues (they just knew about the bell's palsy) but yesterday I lost my balance and fell while holding one of the toddlers. He is ok, but it was certainly scary and definitely an eye opener.
I'll probably head over to the limbo land forum later and post more. But that's it for now, in a nutshell.
Laura
I'm a 38 year old mom of three boys (13, 11, 7), the 11 yr old on the autism spectrum. I run a home daycare and my husband and I and two of our boys are very involved in our community theatre.
I currently awaiting drs to figure out what the heck is wrong with me. My eye dr was the first to mention MS when he diagnosed me with optic neuritis a couple weeks ago. At that point my GP had already scheduled me for a brain MRI. That was this past Friday. I go in for my follow up appointment this Friday, in two more days.
I've been dealing with the bulk of my symptoms since beginning of December. Some have gotten better, such as the right side facial paralysis I was told was Bell's Palsy when I went to the ER, and the ON has gotten significantly better as well. I actually had that from the day before the facial paralysis, but the ER dr said it was from the bell's, so I didn't see my ophthamologist until my GP insisted. Also, I had lost most of my taste, but that is slowly returning. I have a handful of foods that actually taste like they are supposed to.
Things that have gotten worse are my balance, stabbing pain in the side of my face which my GP thinks is trigeminal neuralgia, my memory and finding words when I speak, muscle twitches and cramps in my legs, spots in my right foot that used to be just numb (since August) now burn. I also have had trouble eating because when I swallow, it feels like the food gets stuck in my chest, I guess on the way down in the esophagus? I've had that happen off and on for a few years now, especially when eating meat or taking medication, but it is now a several times a day occurrence.
I have to admit, my biggest worry right now is my job. Whether this is all caused by MS or something else, if this dizziness and my balance do not improve soon, I just don't know how much longer I will be able to continue with running my home daycare. I haven't told any of the parents yet about my issues (they just knew about the bell's palsy) but yesterday I lost my balance and fell while holding one of the toddlers. He is ok, but it was certainly scary and definitely an eye opener.
I'll probably head over to the limbo land forum later and post more. But that's it for now, in a nutshell.
Laura
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